She Stoops to Conquer
Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play...
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Charming satire of the sentimental comedies of the day has entertained audiences since 1773. A young lady poses as a serving girl to win the heart of a young gentleman too shy to court ladies of his own class. Many delightful deceits, hilarious turns of plot must be played out before the play concludes happily. Notes.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486268675 (0486268675)
Publish date: June 1st 1991
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 80
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Humor,
Comedy,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Plays,
Drama,
Theatre,
English Literature,
18th Century
Wild Oats, O'Keefe Veering more in the direction of farce and piling the coindicences higher than the other entries in this volume, Wild Oats nevertheless delivers the laughs, no doubt gaining much in performance. This collection gives a nice overview of 18th Century comedy and preserves some of t...
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I expected to like it more. It's "nice" and mildly amusing.
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